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Decaying vs Megapode - What's the difference?

decaying | megapode |

As nouns the difference between decaying and megapode

is that decaying is the act of something that decays while megapode is any of several chicken- or turkey-like birds in the family megapodiidae , which incubate their eggs by burying them where they receive warmth from decaying vegetation, solar radiation or geothermal heat.

As a verb decaying

is .

As an adjective megapode is

characteristic of the megapodiidae.

decaying

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of something that decays.
  • * 1839 , William Jenkyn, ?James Sherman, An Exposition Upon the Epistle of Jude (page 274)
    • Spiritual witherings and decayings are opposite to the word of God.

    megapode

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several chicken- or turkey-like birds in the family Megapodiidae , which incubate their eggs by burying them where they receive warmth from decaying vegetation, solar radiation or geothermal heat.

    • Synonyms

    * brush-turkey * incubator bird * moundbird * mound-builder * scrubfowl

    Derived terms

    * Biak megapode, Megapodius geelvinkianus * dusky megapode Megapodius freycinet * Forsten's megapode, Megapodius forstenii * Melanesian megapode, Megapodius eremita * Micronesian megapode , Megapodius laperouse * Moluccan megapode, Eulipoa wallacei * New Guinea megapode, Megapodius decollatus * Nicobar megapode, Megapodius nicobariensis * orange-footed megapode, Megapodius reinwardt * Philippine megapode, Megapodius cumingii * Polynesian megapode, Megapodius pritchardii * Sula megapode, Megapodius bernsteinii * Tanimbar megapode, Megapodius tenimberensis * Tongan megapode * Vanuatu megapode, Megapodius layardi

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Characteristic of the Megapodiidae
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